Transformers: Age Of Extinction | Anatomy of a Movie

In this show, AOM hosts Marisa Serafini, Sara Stretton, and Demetri Panos discuss the film Transformes: Age Of Extinction which is a 2014 summer blockbuster film directed by Michael Bay. After the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons that leveled Chicago, humanity thinks that all alien robots are a threat. So Harold Atinger, a CIA agent establishes a unit whose sole purpose is to hunt down all of them. But it turns out that they are aided by another alien robot who is searching for Optimus Prime. Cade Yeager a “robotics expert” buys an old truck and upon examining it, he thinks it’s a Transformer. When he powers it up, he discovers it’s Optimus. Later, men from the unit show up looking for Optimus. He helps Yeager and his daughter escape but are pursued by the hunter. They escape and Yeager learns from tech he took from the men that a billionaire tech magnate and defense contractor named Joshua Joyce is part of what’s going on so they go to find out what’s going on. The hosts discuss everything from filmography, to casting/acting, directing, cinematography, editing, score, sound editing, etc. RESOURCE LINKS: IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2109248/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers:_Age_of_Extinction Character Guide: http://screenrant.com/transformers-4-cars-characters-guide/ ILM: http://www.thecredits.org/2014/06/industrial-light-and-magic-transformers-4-age-of-extinction/ ILM Interview: http://www.fxguide.com/featured/age-of-extinction-ilm-turns-up-its-transformers-toolset/ Set Visit: http://www.slashfilm.com/transformers-4-set-visit/ Concept Art: http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/age-of-extinction-concept-art-by-wesley-burt-180567/ Sets & Props: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/nailbiter111/news/?a=102902 Sound Design: http://tformers.com/video-the-sound-of-transformers-4-age-of-extinction/24039/news.html Writing: Unicron: http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/06/30/transformers-age-of-extinction-writer-on-why-we-havent-seen-unicron-yet Writing: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/28/transformers-age-of-extinction-ehren-kruger_n_5537322.html Biggest Opening Weekend: http://nikkifinke.com/transformers-age-extinction-starts-weekend-worldwide/ ILM Toolset: http://www.fxguide.com/featured/age-of-extinction-ilm-turns-up-its-transformers-toolset/